Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-12
2HE PROGRAMME.
What is Expected to Take rIace al
the National Capital During
the Coming Week.
Aggressive MsV smants BY the Friends
Of Some Discharged Officials will
Likely Cresge sema Kxc:.. msnf.
The Den 9crAtie and Republican OEuruses
Agree Upon thu Make Up OF the
Senate Committees,
SENATE COMMITTEE CHA1RMANsH1Ps.

O'Clock to-day. Lists of assignments tc
committees Were laid before the body By
the caucus commit ee. One or TWO minol
changes were made IN the caucus and the
list was approved. The caucus lasted
less than an hour.
Following are the principal charges in
the charmanships Of the Senate commit
tees: Palmer, agriculture and forestry
Hall, censu Cnace, civil service and
retrenchment; Frye, commerce; Quay
expenses OF several branches of the Civil
service; Far~ell, expenditures OF
public money; Stockbridge, fisheries
Paddock, Improvement of the Missls
sippi river; Hawley, military affairs
Stewart, mines and mining; Teller, pat
ents; Mitchell, transport alton routes tc
the sea board; Allison Of lows, on the
revision Of laws; Aldrich, rules; Piatt
territories; Stanford, public buildings
and grounds; S.biD, railways, HisCock,
on Centennial OF the constitution and the
discovery of America; Chandler, Indian
traders; Davis, pensions; Sawyer, post
Off 'es and post roads.
Following are the changes in the prin.
cipsl committees: Farwell takes Ma
homes place on appointments. Sawyer,
Culom sDd Palmer fill the vacancies on
the commerce committee made by the
retirement OF Mcmillan, Miller and Con-
ger Riddleberger and FarweIl take the
places On the District Of Columbia com
pitJee, vice Palmer and Chsce. Hjscock
takes Miller's place on the ti18nCe COM
mittee. D1lph takes H4rrison's on the
Committee on foreign relations. PI2tt
and Stockbridae are substitutes for In
gSlls and Harrison On the committee on
Indian affairs. The in tcisry committee
Is reduced IN number from ten to nine By
| the retirement Of Mcmillan, whose place
is not filed. Stewart and Davis tske the
places OF S3weu snd Harrison on the
C mmittea on milirsry affairs. Chandler
takes Dawes place on the committee
on navsl affairs. Bowen, Mitchell
aud Q9ey take the places Of Con-
geg.s<.# IlsOn aud M4hone on
t.she' committee on pesfoffices and post
roads. Paid OK takes Van Wick's plsce
on the committee on public lands. Frye
retires from the committee on rules, Civ
ing pace to Aldrich. Stewart and Davis
take places on the committee On terri
tories, to fill the vscanies made by the re-
tirement Of Harrison end Conger. The
select committee on Interstate commerce
is made sanding committee, with nine
members, of which Cullom is chairman.
rhe Democrats receive eight minor chair
mhnships, being an increase Of one over
the last Congress. The list has been
handed to Mr.. Beck, chairman of the
Democratic caucus, who has called
Democratic Cau,cus, for Monday morn
ing st 10 O'Clock.
HOW THE REPUBLICANS ARE PLACED.
The following is the full membership of
Republican members of the Senate COM
mittees IS arranged by the caucus
AGRICULT URE AND FORESTRY.
Palmer, Black, Plumb, Sabin, Paddock.
APPROPRIATIONS.
Allison, Dawes, Plumb. Hale, Fsrwell
CONTINGENT EXPENSES.
Jones and Paddock.
CENSUS.
Hale, Morrill,, Wilson, Stockbridge, Da.
Wis.
DISTRICT CT COLUMBIA.
I0gsils, Sp0oner, ChaCe, RlddleheTger,
FarWeu.
EDUCATION AND LABOR.
Blair, Bowen, Palmer, Sawyer, Wilson.
ENGRoSsED BILLS.
Democratic chairman-Allison.
ENROLLED BILLS.
Bowen, Ssbin.
CIVIL SERVICE AND RETRENCHMENT.
Chace, Davis, Henderson, Stanford, !
Stewart.
Spooner, Hoar, Mitchell, Stewart,
Qusy.
COAST DEFSNCEs
D0lph, Cameron, Hawley, Hiscock.
COMMERCE
Frye, Jones, D0ipn, Cameron, SAWYER, |
CuliOm, Palmer
EPIBEMIC DISEASES
Democratic Chairman, Stanford, Chand-
Ter, Stockbridge
TO EXAMINE SEVERAL BRANCHES OF THE
CIVIL SERvICE.
Qusy, Aldric9, Allison.
EXPENDITURES OF PUBLIC Monty.
Farwell, Plumb, Plat, Sherman, Frye.
FINANCE.
Morril, Sherman, Jones, Allison, Aid
r CT, Fl scock.
SCckorldge, Dawes, Stanford.
FOREIGN RELATIONS
Sherman. ElmuDds, Frye, Dolph.
IMPROVEMENT OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
PaddocS, Chandler, FsrweI, HaHley.
INDIAN AFFAIRS
Dawes, Bowen, Saoin, PIatt. Stock
,ridge.
JUDICIARY.
Edmunds, ingalls,, HoM, Wilson,
warts.
LIBRARY.
Evarts, Eoar II
MANUFACTURES.
Riddleberger, S4oin, Quay.
MILITARY.AFFAIRS
Hswley, Cameron, Henderson, Stew
TT, Davis.
MINES AND MINING.
Stewart, Jones, Mitchell, Teller.
NAVAL AFFAIRS. q
Cameron, Hale. Rlddleberger, Stanford,
handler.
PATENTS.
Teller, Chace, Plat, Hiscock.
PENSIONS.
Davis, Blair, Sawyer, Paddock, Quay.
PosTOFPICEs AND PosTRoADs. c
Sawyer, Chace, Bowen, Mitchell, Qaay.